# Incident 20220714012519I: Piper PA-28-161, Hilton Head, SC, July 14, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2022, 16:26 local time
- Place: Hilton Head, SC
- Airport: Hilton Head
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2245° N, 80.6974° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILTON HEAD (HXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2245&lon=-80.6974&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84054, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84054) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 50 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220714012519I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NEWLY CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT CONDUCTED A VFR FLIGHT FROM JZI TO HXD WITH NO PAX ON BOARD.  CONVECTIVE WEATHER WAS PRESENT WEST OF THE ROUTE.  AIRMAN STATEMENT AS FOLLOWS:

7/14/22 @ ROUGHLY 1615 ON FINAL APPROACH ON RWY 21 COMING INTO HXD I HAD A TAIL STRIKE. COMING IN ON FINAL APPROACH I GOT A CROSSWIND COMING AT 170° CORRECTING FOR THE CROSSWIND I WAS APPLYING RUDDER AND AILERON INPUT. WHEN I MADE INITIAL CONTACT ON THE RUNWAY I FELT THE RUDDER PEDAL BEING HARD TO MOVE AS I WAS TRYING TO MAINTAIN CENTERLINE ON THE RUNWAY. BEING UNABLE DUE TO WHAT SEEMED LIKE A STIFF PEDAL, I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FULL POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND. UPON APPLYING FULL POWER THE AIRPLANE ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB BUT WAS ABLE, THIS SENT ME ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND THROUGH THE GRASS, STOPPING ON THE TAXIWAY. IT WAS UPON INSPECTION THAT IT WAS FOUND THAT I HAD STRUCK THE TAIL TIE DOWN HOOK.

AIRMAN EXPERIENCED RUNWAY EXCURSION (INCIDENT) AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.  NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE   HXD FIRE RESCUE DAVID LILLY HAD INTERACTION WITH THE AIRMAN AND CAN TESTIFY THAT THE AIRMAN HAD NO OBVIOUS IMPAIRMENTS.  AIRMAN, WHO IS ALSO AN A&P, CHECKED AIRCRAFT AIRWORTHINESS BEFORE DEPARTING AND RETURNING TO JZI.  AIRCRAFT IS IN A PART 61 FLIGHT SCHOOL AT JZI.  INSPECTOR JMA TOOK INITIAL CALL ON THE EVENT.

OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE FLIGHT SCHOOL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS CONTACTED.  SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS INCIDENT FROM THE PREVIOUS DATE.  RECOMMENDED THAT SHE HAVE THEIR STAFF MX PERSONNEL CHECK AIRCRAFT FOR AIRWORTHINESS PRIOR TO PUTTING IT BACK IN SERVICE.  INSPECTOR MCMILLAN WILL CONDUCT A RAMP AND RECORDS OF THIS AIRCRAFT NEXT WEEK.

PROBABLE OUTCOME OF THIS EVENT IS 44709 RE-EXAM OF THE PIC.

## Other reports on N84054 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19831011067519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831011067519I), Oct 11, 1983: Piper PA28161 (N84054), Aurora, IL, Minor damage. Pilots foot became wedged between rudder bar and right rudder pedal on landing. Ran off runway. Manual warns pilot.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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